How do our Lap-A-Thons work?
First, you’ll need to choose between our 3 simple options:
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If your group consists of people who are mainly in the same area, this option is for you.
Also, if your main participants will consist of youth (such as sports teams, youth groups, and schools) this will be your best choice. -
If your community is spread out, and wouldn’t be able to all get together for the live, in-person, lap-a-thon, then this option is for you.
We have all the online tools you need to raise an incredible amount of money, and help your (physically spread out) community feel closer together in the process. -
If your participants live in the same general area and can get together for a live in-person event, AND your people also have a reach beyond that, this option is for you! Our systems allow people anywhere in the world to participate at the same time as we are doing your live in-person lap-a-thon. We can even incorporate a live stream function to help those who are far away feel included in the in-person event.
Next, we bet you want to know how much you have to pay us for our services…and we love telling this part!
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Most fundraising companies charge large flat fees or take 30–50% of the funds raised. NOT US!
Even though we're doing the work for you, we're passionate about helping you keep more of the money you're working so hard to raise!
Unlike companies charging one large flat fee regardless of group size, our pricing adjusts based on your number of registered participants, with additional compensation tied to larger fundraising results.
We have a simple document we'd love to send you that clearly outlines our full tiered pricing structure, so you'll know exactly how our fees work before getting started.
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We pay for the direct event expenses we need to deliver your crowd a top-notch experience onsite. Items such as the automatic lap counting system and integrated packet pickup, event liability insurance if your entity doesn’t cover it already, and all the staff, gear and supplies needed for a professional Lap-A-Thon experience.
For non-mandatory expenses you decide to add, we’ll do all the organizing and communication with the vendors, but let you send them payments.This reference is for items such as venue rentals, should you not have enough space to host the event or a free contact somewhere, portable toilets if your space doesn’t have enough permanent facilities, food trucks if you wanted to add things like that, etc. Most likely you won’t need these items, but we’ll guide you through those things as well.
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Before we get started, we will share a document that outlines every detail of the financials. Also, we have a lot of tricks up our sleeves to help you avoid expenses, and pass them along to sponsors, donors, and participants in some instances. We will also make anyone you want “Admin” in the online system with full view of all financials. We are an open book on this topic and look forward to showing you these details.
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Prior to the event ‘going live’, you will connect your entity’s Stripe and/or Paypal account inside your private fundraising page. If you don’t have a Stripe or Paypal account for your organization, we will help you get one created and connected, which is quick and free to do.
All donations and revenue from sold items will go straight into your financial account. We do not have access to your account (or your money)!
Before launching your fundraiser, we collect a $500 non-refundable deposit to get everything set up and ready to go.
After the event is finalized, we'll send you closing documents, detailed full reports, and a transparent financial summary showing your fundraising results.
We'll then send you an invoice for the contracted amount, payable within 30 days, after your team has a chance to review all the reports.
Finally, you’ll want to know what all we would be doing for you.
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You will get one of our top-notch coordinators assigned to your fundraiser, available from before it starts until after it’s over.
If your participants have an issue needing dealt with, you just pass it along to your Endless Loop Coordinator and get back to whatever you were doing.
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We will use a cutting edge fundraising platform to setup your fundraising event for you. It will be customized with your entity’s logo, colors, photos, links to your other online presences, and info. The platform allows for simple email, text, and social media communication. The best part is, there is no extra fee for using this platform.
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We will walk you through each stage of what to communicate to your potential participants, their potential donors, and your potential sponsors.
You will gain access to our proven, effective, customizable Communications Plan to help you maximize your reach and dollars raised.
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For Live, In-Person events, we set it all up, execute it onsite, tear it all down, and clean up after ourselves.
We just ask for a couple volunteers to help us while we’re there. They don’t need to know anything until a few minutes before it starts. We are in and out in only a few hours and will leave the property better than we found it.
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We will wrap up all the fundraiser details for you once it’s over. You’ll promptly receive reports showing all the numbers. We won’t disappear until you feel good about everything.
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